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ID:     864992
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Osroes I
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 109-129)
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Dichalkous
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Date Struck:     AD 117-118
Diameter:     16 mm
Weight:     4.08 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Description:     bust left with pointed beard wearing diadem, two broad pendants; three-band spiral torque with no visible end; no wart; hair in large bunches above diadem and covering ear, with earring visible; no sequence letter; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     bust of Tyche right; behind, Greek letter Λ; in front, Greek letters ΘΚΥ (vertical); circular border of pellets
Date On Coin:     429 ΘΚΥ
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 80.16-17 variant (year ΘΚΥ)
Reference2:     Shore 623
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=160408
Special Comments:     PDC 60587
Grade:     VF, brown patina.
Notes:     CNG Online Coin Shop, item 864992 (Mar 2010). Ex Todd A. Ballen Collection.